5 May 2024, William Bird and Thandi Smith, Daily Maverick Real411 is an initiative of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), which was started in 1993 ahead of SA’s first democratic elections to monitor and analyse how the SABC was reporting on the elections. We are currently monitoring 95...
29 April 2024, SABC News, Leann Manas...
28 April 2024, Norman Masungwini, City Press MMA and Sanef argued that the vetting of SABC journalists was intimidatory and put them “under watch” of the SSA. This was unconstitutional and violated the right to press freedom. Bird said the MMA had rejected this because it was completely at odds ...
27 April 2024, SABC News Thandi Smith, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa joins us now as we continue to reflect on South Africa’s democracy 30 years on, with a special focus on media and press freedom. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms....
26 April 2024, MyBroadband, Staff Writer Media Monitoring Africa, the South African National Editors Forum, the Campaign for Free Expression, the Press Council of South Africa, and the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition threatened legal action unless the FPB withdrew the notice by 17:00 on ...
26 April 2024, Business tech, Staff Reporter Media Monitoring Africa, the South African National Editors Forum, the Campaign for Free Expression, the Press Council of South Africa, and the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition served the FPB with an ultimatum to withdraw the notice or ...
9 April 2024, SABC News The current political landscape in South Africa is fertile for the spreading of misinformation during election season. This emerged during a dialogue session hosted by the Information Regulator, the Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa in Johannesburg. The dialogu...
1 April 2024, Daily Maverick, Media Monitoring Africa, the Campaign for Free Expression, the South African National Editors’ Forum, the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and the Press Council of South Africa Media organisations including Media Monitoring Africa, the Campaign for Free Expre...
11 March 2024, IT Online, To counter the risk of deepfakes, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), in collaboration with Media Monitoring Africa, has launched an initiative called Padre. This initiative allows voters to fact-check information regarding South African political parties and their ...